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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-03-02
NOTICE.

Mr.. @. W Grover, at the INDErEND.
EMIT Office, has authority to collect
moneys dne me and to receipt for the
same, during my absence from Elko..
For the next three months my adj,
dress will be Santa Cruz, Gal.
jy 13.1m. s. s. SEARs,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-03-02
An Absolute Cure.

The ORIGINAL ABIETINs OINTMENT is
only put up in large. two.ounce lin boxes, and
il an absolute cure for old sor e, burns,
wounds, chapped hands. and all skin erup-
tions. Will positively cure all kinds of ! lies.
Ask for the ORIGINAL ABIErINE ONT
MENT. Sold by F. F. Muller ut q cents per
box by mail 30 cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
An important Railroad Land Suit In
the y. s. Court.

An important bill in equity was filed in
the United States circuit court at St. Paul
by the Northern Pacific Railway Company
against the United States and Andrew
johnson, Thomas II. Sibley, August Sem.
blom, $. NJ. Fawsette and C, D. Bush, all
residents OF gtearns county, Mimi. An
order was made for q hearing upon the
injunction prayed for on the second Mou.
day in December. The suit is brought to
determine the right OF the company to GER
tain lands under the second indemnity
act OF congress in 1870, whereby lands
granted in aid of the construction OF the
Northern Pacific road from Lake Superior
to Puget sound. in Washington territory.
BY the charter every 20 alternate sections
per mile in the territories and every 10
alternate sections per mile in tic states
constituted the grant, and in case OF such
sections being already pre.empted
by settlers, then the company
a given distance. Tbs loss OF land in Min.
nesota was taken in the territory OF Dako-
ia, being a belt near Fargo. The complaint
is very long and recites all the acts OF con.
gress regarding the charter OF the road and
the land grant. and also tho doings OF the
land commissioner. 1t il now denied by
the defendants. except the United States,
that the company had any right to the
land in Dakota, under the proceedings. and
that they pre-empted tho same about Nov.
6, 1887. 1t is alleged that these defend ants
intend to cut timber valued at Sc, 900.
and that the land is worth S., 900 more.
Tho company also alleges tn { it has sold
100000 acres Of these lands BY virtue Of
the grant by congress upon some OF which
great improvements have heen made. An
Injunction to restrain defendants 10 prayed
for in the bill. Tho case. while it does not
involve a very large sum, il Of great i'm
portancs to the road, and many purchas
ere Of railway lands.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Items About People.

Lieut.. Emory Taunt. who was Oh the
Greeley reliet expedition. and who is wide
" known Al an African traveller. ia on tri-
al 1T the Brooklyn navy yard charged with
absence without leave and disobedience
to orders.
Pat Killen is out with challenge to
fight Patsy Cardiff fifteen rounds at the
Washington rink. Minneapolis. Tor all the
receipts or nothing, or he will meet Cardiff
Tor $1,000 or $4,000 side with two.
ounce gloves.
The Arbeiter Zeitung publishes q letter
from Michael Schwab written in the coun.
ty jail the day before the execution OF tho
anarchists. The letter is devoted to prov
ing that Will, Spies and Lingg had differ.
cnt ideas, the editor had q high opinion OF
the bomb maker.
J. Brealin. the we'll known Irish nation
alist. celebrated for his connection with
the most important events in Irish revolu-
tionary history, the trsmarka BILE ssrape
Of James Stephens. the Fenian leader, from
Richmond bridowell in Dublin in 1865, and
the daring rescue in 1878 OF seven Fenan
convicts in Freernantle, Western Austria
liza, died in New York.
Miss Bancroft, granddaughter OF the
Hon. George Bancroft, was married re-
Gently to Charles Carroll OF Baltimore.
This startled society. which has been
looking forward to the contamination OF
the ladys announced engagement last sum.
NOR with a French gentleman. viscount
OF high degree. Miss Bancroft however.
planned Il surprise for her friends and no.
body save those closest interested knew
Of the event. Tho couple went to
Baltimore either to have Cardinal
Gibbons tie the knot, or to get the neces.
sary dispensation. He granted the latter,
and DR.. Chapells united them. The match
is q love affair."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Herr Most Again Arrested.

Herr Most has been again arrested in
New York for incendiary and unla wful
speeches. The indictment under which
Most was arrested thus characterizes him:
An evil.dsposed and pernicious person
and OF most wicked anl turbulent disposi-
ton, wickodly and maliciously contriving
to disturb the public peace and to excite
tho good citizens OF our stnte to hatred
and contempt OF the government and make
Instructions.
The speech upon which Most was indict.
ed was a particularly blood curdling one
and was brought out by his Indignation
at the hanging of the Chicago anarchists.
His oifsnso is q nisdemeanor, and the long
est term Of imprisonment he can got is ono
year, with a fine. He will probably get the
maximum penalty. Most's brother %.
cialists are highly indignant over the ar
ed outrage OF the police upon their b.
loved leader. In talk with inspector
B.yrncs, Most said:
Tho execution OF tho Chicago anarchists
was an outrage. He had become imbued
with the anarchstic principles when a boy.
He worked at bookbinding. and noticed
that all the money went to the bnsses. He
believed that tho workingmen should ha w
things in their own hands and divide the
profits Of work. He did not believe in
marriage VOWS. Man and women should
DO able to live together il they wanted. He
might not encourage violence directly, hut
il the workingmen could not have what
they wanted, no fault would be found
with any person using dynamite. It was
nonsense to say that. Lingg was converted
to anarchy by his (Most's) writings, for
he was an anarchist in Germany.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

The controversy over the British
sealers seized by our government in
Alaskan waters is more serious than
has perhaps been anticipated. It ap.
pears from publication of the Cana.
dian government that Great Britain
made very emphatic demand for the
release OF the sealers and they were re-
leased, and that the subjects OF Great
Britain have put in quite a fornida-
bic bill of damages against the United
States, the merits of which are still IN;
controversy between the two goIeth-
ments. Whether or NOT the questions,
connected with the s:izufes b1 tie
sealers will be brought up in the fish
cry conference which is soon to meet
in Washington, it is evident that the
British authorities intend to make
the most Of the Alaska incident in
some way, and that a specific case IS
to be urged for damages which may
assume as grave a character as the
questions now pending relative to the
fisheries on the Atlantic coast.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Since the cases were dis D osed of bv

Since the cases were disp osed OF by
Governor Oglesby of Illinois, many
newspapers have advocated pardon.
ing boards or councils, such as exist
in some of the States, to relieve gov
ernors OF the tremendous RESPONSE
biIity now imposed upon them. It is
argued that il it takes twelve men o
convict person of murder, and II
the appellate courts sustain the yer.
dict. then no one man ought to be
clothed with the power to set all
those results aside. By parity OF
reasoning, we might say that the unani.
nous votes of at least twelve men
good and true should be required to
reverse the verdict of the other twelve,
and free the condemned, or commute
his penalty from hanging to a life in
prison. If any one objects to twelve
a. m inconven'ently large number for
board Of pardons-dif6cult to be
assembled in cases of emergency-let
it be nine or six, no matter what, il
tho perilous one-man power Of to-day
Is broken up and suitable formalities
are henceforth observed in the pro.
ceedings for the overthrow Of judg-
mspts already rendered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
The Condition of indian Agricul-
tuye.

The report of Agent Sheehan at White
Earth exhibits the foil lowing table OF o per.
ations OF his Indians in ayriculture:
Land under cultivation. SOB acres.
land broken during the year. 1.2S3 acres;
land under fence. 1871 acres; fence built,
lab acres; wheat, "a, 900 bushels; oats,
~. 7O5 bu~hels; corn. 1920 bushels; barley,
1850 bushels; potatoes, 20, 100 bushels;
turnips, 4, 700 bushels; BEANS 500 bushels;
pumpkins, ISIS bushels; other vegetables
1880 pounds; hay cut and cured, s, 1913
tons. The average attendance at the
schools was: Red Lake, 48: Leech Lake.
80; White Earth, 50; Rice River. 10;
Saint Benedict's orphan, 25. The Red
Lake Indians are happy. prosperous,
peaceable and we'll behaved. The Leach
Lake Pi''agers and Others are by no mean.
in prosperous condition, but manage to
make u living.
6heehan draws the secretary's attention
to the Mile Laos. who, he suys. are in n
deplorable condition. OF destruction Of
pine by fire on the reservation and the Wis
it OF the Northwestern commission, Shee.
han says:
Tho loss OF the White Earth and Red
Lake reservations cnused by the destruc-
tive fires which ragged through the Pine
districts during last year and May and
June OF the present year cannot be cor.
rectly estimated, but it In Thought by OK.
perts to be about 800. 900. 900 feet on the
two reservations. How these fires orig.
mated il thus far mystery. A large
majority OF the Indians are anxious to
zee the fulfillment Of their hopes in an
early ratification OF the agreement with
tho Northwestern Indian commission by
congress during tho coming session.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
A bumpers Close Call.
Oil City Derrick.

VII wy OeIFlCh
Talking about narrow escapes"
said Frank Eastwood, "a number of
years ago cousin of mine and N.Y.
relf were working opposite tours
pumping a we'll On the Foster farm,
near Pioneer. In those days they
used to clean a we'll by pouring four
or five barrel, OF benzine into it and
pumping it out again. One day they
were benzining a we'll about so feet
above the one was working on. and
nearly the same distance below the
house in which my cousin lived. One
of the men saved a pail OF the benzine
to wash his clothes in and the rest
had been poured into the well. The
pump was working hard to get the
stuff out of the we'll again, whom in
some manner it communicated With
the fire and set the boiler ablaze. My
cousin, who was just going into the
house with pail Of water, sat down
the pail and ran down to the fire.
One of the men who was working on
tho we'll ran into the boiler house, and
seeing the pail of benzine sitting there
thought it was water and turned to
throw it on the fire and dashed it all
over my cousin. In an instant he
was all aflame. He never said aword,
but turned and ran for the derrick.
The snow at the lower side was about
ten feet deep and into this he plunged
head first. His wife. who saw him rum
ming all afire. enatched quilt of tho
bed and doused it into the pail of water
which he had brought. Then she ran
down and Helped him out of the snow.
He was hardly ecorched. but if he had
hesitated half a minute he would have
been burned to death. His presence
of mind saved him."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
The Soldiers Home Open at Min
nehaloa Falls.

The temporary quarters for deserving
soldiers is now ready for the reception OF
it's guests. It ia located near Minnshaha
falls and will he utilized until the perma.
nent home is erected next year. It ia not
desired to receive any ex-soldiers having
families dependent on them for support,
as q separate provision Tor their relief is
made in the law. The board OF manage.
1nsnt is anxious to transfer all eligible, in.
disent and disabled ex-soidiers. who aro
now inmates OF almhouses and other
charitable institutions. to the home.
County authorities and Grand Army
committees are earnestly request.
ed to interest themselves in this
respect and inform the board OF all
existing cases OF distress. Hereafter it is
the hope OF the trustees, and the board
hope that it is the determination of the
Grand Army comrades and all patriotic
citizens that no eligible ex.soldier subsist
as a pAuper anywhere within the State OF
Minnesota. No one must be sent to the
home until the question OF his eligibility
has been passed upon by the executive
committee and an order for his admission
received. All applications will be prompt
" considered and the result communicat.
ed at once. These points are outlined in
a circular issued by the board OF trustees
OF the soldiers homo.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
What the British Commissioner
Saws.

At the latesbanquet OF the New York
Chamber OF Commerce. among the distin-
Ruished guests was the British Irish Com.
missioner Joseph Chamberlain. President
Smith proposed q toast to Mr.. Chamber
lain and in introducing him expressed
pleasure in the fact that he had bren chus-
en- tn represent Great Britain on the inter-
national fisheries commission, and con.
fdehee that he would act justly and in q
spirit OF concilintion. MIR. Chamberlain in
hls response said:
Though am farther away from England
than have ever been before. still am ut
home among people Of the same language,
the same ambitions, and am still more
greatly impressed with the unison OF the
aims OF the two great nations which you
and l represent. bring with me the uni.
versal sympathy OF every Englishman
whose opinion is worth consulting. and
am sure that nothing will DO permitted to
imperil the good relations that have exist
ed between Great Britain and tho United
States. During the last twenty years has
grown that confidence between 10 without
which true friendship cannot exist. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
PITH Of THE NEWS.
News from Washington.

Mr.. Lamar confirmed 40 justice OF tho
supreme court the transfer OF Mr.. Villas to
the interior department and the appoint
ment OF Don NJ. Dickinson to the postmas.
ter general sem as probable a. any future
political event.
It is reported thnt tho bondsmen OF L.
L. Auns receiver of the United States land
Office. at Fergus Falls, have telegraphed to
the President asking for hisimmediate sus.
pension and tho appointment OF some one
to take charge OF the Office.
Assistant Commissioner Stockslager will
be acting commissioner until Mr.. Sparks
successor ia appointed. Having ample
means 1t is said that Sparks will rest for
year and will then be a candidate for con.
gress from his old district in Illinois.
An official list OF the members OF the
next house ofreprosentativessh shows that tho
next house will consist OF 1853 Democrats,
1873 Republicans and four Independents.
The independents arc Anderson OF Iowa.
Nichols OF North Carolina, Hopkins Of
Virginia and Smith OF Wisconsin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Death of Gen. william hayers, U.s.A.

Gen. William Myers. deputy quarter
master general. died at New York city on
the 18th inst. He had been suffering from
inflammatory rheumatism for number Of
years, and this, it is Thought, was the i'm
mediate cause Of his death. Gen. Myers
was born in Reading. Pa. He graduated
from the military academy In 1882. He
was first lieutenant OF the Ninth in.
fantry at the breaking out Of the
Rebellion and captain and assistant
quartermaster in 1851. In the Same year
he was assigned to duty at st. Louis a.
assistant to Gen. Robert Allen and was
subsequently appointed chief quartermas-
ter OF the department Of the Missouri at
St. Louis, a position he held until 1886,
when he was assigned to duty at Omaha
the department OF the Platte until 1870,
when he was ordered to Warrington city
az depot quartermaster there. In 1876
he went to San Francisco as chief quarter
master Of the division OF the Pa
cific and department OF California
He was ordered to Chicago IN 1879,
and after three years. tour thee rs depot
quartermaster he was assigned to duty as
chief quartermastar OF the department OF
Dakota. with headquarters ut Fort Smell.
ing. Minn.. when Gen. Terry was in com.
mand. He was placed upon the retired list
in 1888, ut his own request, and after
thirty years. service. Gen. Myers services
during the war gained for him the brevet OF
brigadier general. His money and prop.
erty accountability during that time was
perhaps greater than that OF any othor
Office OF the quartermasters' department,
having disbursed over $500, 900, 900 from
1862 to 1866.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
The er,t,,h Fishery Commission.

Washington Special: Joseph Chamber
lain and Sir Charles Tupper, who, with
Minister West, constitute the commission
on the part OF Great Britain. arrived in
tho city from New York. They were driven
to the Arlington hotel, where thirty.seven
rooms had been engaged for them q nd their
party. OF these five w"re set apart for
MIR. Chamberlain personally. and eight
or ten others are occupied by the
Canadian members OF the party and the
two gentlemen from the British foreign
office who accompany Mr.. Chamberlain.
The other rooms are for the personal at
tendantR OF the commissioners. Beside
the two high commissioners, the party in.
81 udes:
Mss.rs. Maycock and Ber2ne, OF the
British foreign Office; Hon. J. S. d. Thomp'
son, Canadian minister OF Justice; Mai.
Gen. D. r. Cameron. official secretary to
Sir Charles Upper: c. c. Chapman. his
private secretary. and Wallace Graham.
q. c.. his legal adviser.
1t 10 thought that the work OF the com.
mission will begin IN a fsw days. It Is
probable that the session will be held With
clossd doors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
At Granite. Montana, c. L. Scott killed
his vito.
Herr Most's defense will be q stubborn
denial OF the charges on which he was in.
dicted.
AT Ashland, Wis.,, Leo Koerdenat, aged
twenty-five, a drug clerk recently from
Milwaukee, committed suicide by taking
morphine.
At Newburgh, N. Y. Capt. Thomas c.
Ring, an old and wealthy citizen. was bum
koed out OF Sc, 600 by means Of the old
lottery dodge.
The sheriff OF Marion county went out to
the residence OF Lewis Reynolds, near
Pleasantville. to arrest his son, John Rey.
nolds, charged with forgery and obtaining
money under false pretenses. The young
man refused to be arrested, and shot HIM
self to death.
EAT Keokuk ohm Williams and Preston
Rush, bot h colOred. became engaged in q
row over a nickel which tho latter claimed
the former owed him. Rush knocked
Villa ms down, and the latter pulled q
knife from his pocket and stabbed Rush to
the heart.
Capt. A. H. Mills, an old citizen and
prominent vessel man, and the owner OF q
line OF harhor tugs Of Detroit, Mich, shot
and killed Mira. Austin Rising, wife OF his
manager, at her residence. Mills then
went home. locked himseliin his room and
shot himself through tho head, death re-.
sulting almost instantly. Capt. Mills, who
was a widower. is said to have boon infat-
uated with the woman, and becoming in.
volved In financial difficulties, chose the
above desperate way Of ending his troub-
les.
Miner and Carson. fashionably dressed
men who have been In custody in Chicago
Tor several days rs Migrants, and ere to
be taken to Boston to answer changes OF
burglarizing the Office OF the Roxbury Gas
company, were identified us the perpe.
traitors OF the largest bond robbery ON rec
ord, tho theft of $470,OOO in SEE urities
from the Office OF James Young. New
York real estate broker. 1t is not thought
that they will be arraigned for the bond
robbery, but will undoubtedly go to pris.
on for their offences committed in Boston.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24

A new revelation has been made to
the world about the moon, which is
really quite pleasant. DR.. Henry NJ.
Parkhurst tells us that what we have
been calling the man in the moon for
some centuries is really a woman's
lace; and the venerable astronomer
produces photographs showing that
it is avery beautiful woman's face.
Poets have long accorded female
sex to the luminary OF night; AMI it
seems from this that the poetic idea
has been nearer the foundation OF
actual truth than the scientific one in
this as in many other cases.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-24
Englleh Love for American
Money.

London Letter to San Francisco ArSonaut.
Now. there is another thing upon
which I would like to say word or
two. when on this subject, which. in 3
certain way, suggests it. It is the
marriage of American girls to English.
men. How many Of these marriages
are there that We can put our finger
upon, that money did not come from
the lady, and a title from the gentle
men? Not one. II not in present., it
is in iuturo. If the girl hasn't q for
tune, she will have one; if the man
hasn't title, he is sure, sooner or
later, to come into one, or be in some
way related to man or woman who
has title. Take the marriages OF
Lord Randolph Churchill to Miss
Jerome; Captain Paget to Miss
Minnie. Stevens; Sir Thomas
Hesketh to Miss Sharon; Mr..
Leslie to another Miss jerome; Mr..
Cavendish- Bentinck to Miss Living
stone; and others, that can't think
of just now. 1t is true, 1t has been said
that Lord Vaudeville didn't get tar
thing with Miss YznaRa, and that his
father, tho Duke of Manchester, was
awfully angry about it. But con
hardly believe it. Sir John Lister Kaye
married Lady Mandevil e's sister. It
is not the way of Enslishmen. of pres
ent or prospective title or high family,
to marry q woman without money.
A girl with money in England is like q
barrel OF molasses in July. You can't
count the flies. And then, girl, even
without money, is surrounded by the
most absurd rules and regulations.
Love marriages won't do. If man
is content to marry a girl without any
fortune he isn't encouraged much by
her papa and mamma, unless he is
able and willing to make good set
Element upon her. which must be sign
ed, sealed and delivered before the
ring goes on. Then. too, tho
engagement is a depressing Pc
Rod OF existence for
man. He can't have any fun. He
mustn't go about with his fancee. He
can't escort her alone to G. ball, party
or the theatre. i big brother or her
AHCIcI ud9 ~ ~, wv. 0SOAy
thing Is propriety run into the ground
and to the verge OF nonsense. No won
der then that Englishmen jump with
delight at the comparative ease with
which Gf they have besgarly title)
they get an American girl with bags
full of golden Juveniles" No Won
der that when the courtship and term
of engagement are conducted on nat
ural, rational principles, and a. man
given a chance to d5cent!y kiss his
sweetheart now and then, that En-
glishmen upaccustomed to sucl, privil-
eyes under such circumstances, should
be attracted to America to find wife.
OF counsel speak Of the custom of the
upper classes only. Among the mid
die classes, there is more freedom. But
an Ene!ishman of the upper class
couldn't think OF marrying a middle
class girl. unless she had such lot OF
money as to make amends for every
other defect and deficiency.